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3rd December
Joyce Rupp, Prayer (Orbis Books, 2007), 56.
Image: Rona Lao, Toronto, Canada, unsplash.com/@ronalao
'Silence and solitude sounds great from a distance, but once we enter into it, the experience may shake us with fear, relentless anxiety, or boredom. All of us have twenty-four hours in a day, though. Twenty-four glorious hours in which we can glean some space to set aside for quiet, where we can aim for quality time with God. We simply cannot run through our life and expect to find lasting peace and meaning. If we continue doing and doing we will miss those graced opportunities to grow deeper, wiser, and more loving.
When Jesus spoke about prayer, he encouraged his listeners to: “… go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret” (Matt. 6:6). Jesus practiced what he preached. The Gospels assure us that Jesus left the active, intense pace he kept and went to the mountains to commune with the One who restored his spiritual vitality. Those spaces of communion are imperative for all of us.'
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